Speed run of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy in 8 segments, completed on February 14 2005. Available in three versions: low quality, normal quality, and 60fps high quality.

Author's comments:
I wish Jak and Daxter could've been beaten as fast as Super Mario 64. Less than an hour and a half isn't possible. Less than two hours isn't possible. I couldn't jump into magical pictures to save time. The world of Jak and Daxter acts like an actual world with almost no load times between places. Another thing is that Jak and Daxter doesn't have glitches that would allow me to skip sequences.
Even though the run is over 2 hours I don't make many mistakes. Most of the mistakes I make only cost me a second or two and that's it. I got all of power cells in the first 4 areas because those power cells are easy to get and it saves me from getting power cells in the harder areas later on. I didn't go into the spider cave near the end of the game because I couldn't remember how to get the power cells and because I hate spiders.

Sandover Village: I saved time by not talking to people to get missions.

Forbidden Jungle: I had a different route for this early on but then I found out that you power up with blue eco on top of the machine and then get the hidden power cell that way. Probably saved me at least 20 seconds.

Sentinel Beach: This place is the easiest place in the game. I did really well.

Misty Island: It's kind of difficult to hit the enemies that are floating over the water. I did better on it this time than other times that I tried. I think the route I used is as fast as you could do it. I originally went to the right and into the arena first, but I think this route is faster. I was so happy that I caught the sculptor's muse quickly. That was pretty much the only "luck" thing I had to worry about in this segment. Near the end when I get the last few scout flies there is a walkway that collapses. I intended to long jump it and had one of those "oh shit" moments there.

Lava Canyon: I hate this place. There was so many times I had to the very end and then died. Most of those times were when I was trying to do all four places and this in the same segment. Anyway, it ended up being it's own segment. The balloons I missed I don't think I have ever actually managed to get them.

Lost Precursor City: This place is very difficult because of the electric water and the places where you can easily fall into dark eco. I think I played this part the most out of all the different segments. The parts where I always had trouble with were on the jumping puzzle where you have to jump on each place only once. That critter that gets spikey was always annoying. I was just glad I was able to get past him this time.

Precursor Basin: I only needed to do a few things here. Most of the power cells take a lot of time and energy to get. The power cells I got were the easiest and the quickest to get. The reason why I kept the big mistake was because I was sick and tired of playing these two worlds and then getting to Boggy Swamp and then dying so I finally gave up and made Lost Precursor city and Precursor Basin a segment.

Boggy Swamp: All of the power cells are relatively easy to get but it's like Lost Precursor City. If you don't jump high enough or far enough you end up getting hurt. Something that quite a few gamers say is that if you're lost or in a maze, just keep going left. I found out that for Boggy Swamp it's actually "just go right."

Mountain Pass: I found out that you can just stay in one spot and fire at the big guy. I originally thought that you had to jump up and then fire to hit him. The path through the mountains isn't hard. You just have to learn how to avoid the bombs. It'll only took me about four or five times to get it right.

Lave Crater: If you've collected enough orbs you can just go to the miners and get 4 easy power cells.

Snowy Mountain: I only had to get a certain amount of power cells and I did the ones that were the easiest and quickest again. The hard part was activating the red eco vent because of the ice. Getting past all of the small lurkers isn't hard if you do it fast enough.

Lava Tube: This is much easier than Lava Canyon because you follow a roller coaster type path to the last world. I didn't pick up any of the scout flies because I didn't need them.

Gol and Maia's Citadel: This isn't nearly as hard as it looks as long as you know how far you have to jump in order so that you don't fall into the abyss. There are colored panels in a lot of different places that you have to jump over before they all collapse. More panels would show up if I had activated the last eco vent in the spider cave. It makes it a bit harder, but still manageable if you do it right. The robot isn't hard until the end. You only have about ten seconds to grab the white eco, but you have to wait for the white eco to appear which translates to having less than three or four seconds to grab the white eco.

To get all of the other power cells would probably take another hour at least, probably another hour and a half because you'd have to go through all of spider cave.

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews